The Kita surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 813 people carried this name — #29,138 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted. That is down 1% from 824 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Kita surname
From Polish kita.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kita» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
6,841 people named Kita have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 7,404 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 58 people named Kita.
Most of them — 33 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Calvados.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
31 people named Kita live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
30 people named Kita is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Kita,
with a public archive behind them.
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Kita Busei 1776–1857 · painter -
Sadakichi Kita 1871–1939 · historian -
Kita Dōku d. 1663 · painter
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Kita Munechika 1503– · military commander
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Kita Chikakazu 1550–1634 · military commander
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Kita Hidechika 1550–1598 · military commander
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kita.
- Kiss 3,990 · U.S. census
- Kissel 4,756 · U.S. census
- Kissi 251 · U.S. census
- Kister 668 · U.S. census
- Kistler 6,742 · U.S. census
- Kistner 2,701 · U.S. census
- Kittel 2,203 · U.S. census
- Kittler 365 · U.S. census
- Kitzinger 106 · U.S. census
- Klam 126 · U.S. census
- Klamm 677 · U.S. census
- Klatt 4,580 · U.S. census
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